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Park video Where the buffalo roam...where the elk and the longhorn play... Yesterday afternoon we saw mountains emerging on the horizon beyond the vast Oklahoma grasslands. It's an amazing place. Set aside as a wildlife refuge in 1901 after the great buffalo hunts...
See Visitor Guide, Introduction See Park Service Video Page As part of our route from River Ridge to Vicksburg, we drove on the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez to Port Gibson. The parkway is a scenic modern highway that more or less follows the path of an ancient...
See Park Video We went on a field trip with our friends Mary and Steve. Over a glass of wine recently we started hatching plans for a fun day and since none of us had ever visited the Carl Sandburg Home near Hendersonville we chose that as our starting point. Entering...
We started the day with a non-traditional breakfast of cherry pie. Don't tell the kids. It was excellent. Then on to the Elizabeth Cady Stanton house in Seneca Falls. It's part of the Women’s Rights National Park but is a separate location. On this rainy Monday we...
Seneca Falls Women'sRights ConferenceVideo We were in no big hurry to get going this morning. We took our time making bacon, eggs, and hash browns. Did have to pause to give a tour of the T@B. We were out of there by eleven. Headed south into town then east on I-20....
See Park Video We've spent a couple of days here at the adjacent parks at Kings Mountain in South Carolina just south of the border, close to the RV dealer. The plan was to use this as a shakedown visit. We're identifying some small issues with the trailer and it will...
When we decided to visit the Everglades we didn’t expect a lesson in Cold War History but the Everglades was the site of one of the Nike missile defense bases - HM-69. We participated in the ranger led tour and our ranger had served on a Nike Site in the early 1970’s....
We broke camp on Pine Island and headed for Ft Myers. We stopped at a McDonald’s long enough to use their Wi-Fi to replenish our eBook library then went to Mass at Blessed Pope John XXIII Church. Wow! It may be the biggest church we’ve been in. After that we stopped...
A visit to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site. Birthplace of America’s 35th President
Bull Elk Cataloochee Great Smoky Mountains On Day Two of Gary's adventures exploring our new neighborhood we headed to the Blue Ridge Parkway enjoying views from Waterrock Knob and other overlooks along this scenic highway the park service calls "America's Favorite...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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As part of the Heritage Open Days in London we participated in a WW2 Themed Heritage Walk led by Sheldon K Goodman at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery in East London.
On the first day of Heritage Open Days in London we ventured south of the River Thames to Southward Cathedral for a walking tour highlighting the history and architecture of Southwark Cathedral.
Arriving in London in the middle of a Tube strike presented a bit of a challenge in making our way to Hampstead but once the we were warmly welcomed and had a good excuse to spend our first full day just enjoying the comforts of Hampstead and La Gaffe.